Intern, Publicity
6 months ago
Overview:
**Company**:Harlequin Enterprises ULC
**Job Title**: Intern, Publicity
**Department**:Trade Publishing
**Status**:12 month paid internship
**Location**:22 Adelaide Street West, Toronto (hybrid model)
We celebrate and support the differences that make each of us unique, striving to create a welcoming workplace that ensures everyone has a voice and is able to do their best work. We welcome all applicants, including those who identify with groups that are traditionally underrepresented in the publishing industry including, but not limited to, Black, Indigenous, people of colour, members of the LGBTQIA2S+ community, and persons with disabilities.
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**Job Summary**:
Reporting to the Publicity Manager, the Publicity Intern will work on a variety of fiction and non-fiction publicity campaigns for Harlequin Trade Publishing’s Graydon House, Hanover Square Press, Canary Street Press, Park Row Books, and MIRA adult imprints. The Publicity Team works closely with the editorial, marketing, and sales departments, and works directly with authors to gain key exposure for our books and imprints through earned media promotion and placement on broadcast, in print, and online, as well as bookstore and other industry events like conferences, trade shows, and meetings with media (in-person and virtual). This could include coordinating and creating in-person and virtual bookstore tours/events, escorting authors to media appearances and events, networking with media and industry, and booking and confirming travel for authors.
In this role, you will be responsible for creating press materials, media and bookseller pitching, researching bylines and media outlets, helping book author tours and special events, and being an ambassador for our books and authors.
The Publicity Intern will complete this internship with a strong understanding of how to create and execute a publicity campaign from start to finish, how to craft a topical pitch for various media (TV/radio, print, and digital), how to research and pitch media, and how to build a bookstore tour/event, among other key publicity duties.
**Responsibilities**:
- Within a team, research, organize and execute media campaigns, online reviews and features, and television and radio interviews.
- Implement review copy mailings, including sending both digital and physical galleys/books, create and manage media lists, and log media hits and interest.
- Create innovative press materials for a variety of fiction and non-fiction, across genres.
- Research media contacts and trends, and pitch journalists, top book reviewers/producers and trade industry reporters.
- Confirm bookstore events and author tours (virtual and in-person), including coordinating book signings and media in the tour markets, and handling travel arrangements.
- Staff support includes organizing mailings, creating shipping labels, sending orders to print shop, ordering books from warehouse and coordinating mailings with our off-site warehouse.
- Pulling materials together at publicist’s requests/needs.
Qualifications:
Competencies and skills required to perform this job include:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; interactive, persuasion and problem-solving skills, with the aptitude to communicate effectively in both individual and group settings.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, including a basic understanding of Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Creativity, enthusiasm, and a love of books are a must, especially for commercial and genre fiction.
**Competencies/Skills**:
Competencies and skills required to perform this job include:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; interactive, persuasion and problem-solving skills, with the aptitude to communicate effectively in both individual and group settings.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, including a basic understanding of Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Creativity, enthusiasm, and a love of books are a must, especially for commercial and genre fiction.
**What's in It For You?**
- The opportunity to be part of a company on the leading edge of publishing, working with a very talented team and exceptional books
- Summer Hours from late May to early September
- Hybrid work, flexible start/stop times
- Vacation allotment, starting at three weeks (prorated based on start date)
- Author events and access to discounted books
- Working with passionate people
**About HarperCollins Canada and Harlequin**
**Harlequin** is a leading publisher of commercial fiction and narrative nonfiction. We publish more than 100 titles a month that reach audiences globally. Encompassing highly recognizable imprints that span a broad number of genres, we are home to many award-winning New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling authors. Harlequin is a division of **HarperCollins Publishers**, the second-largest consumer book publisher in the world. Through HarperCollins’s global pu
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